The photo shows me standing on the first floor landing of a renovatedBaba Nyonya (Straits Chinese) house called Pinang Peranakan Mansion. It has fabulous Chinese carvings, Scottish ironwork and English tiled floors. The textiles were amazing and the pottery and glassware astounding. This was one of many attractions which we visited.
Here's Jeremy standing on the walls of Fort Cornwallis. The fort was built by Captain Light for the British East India Company. Emily and Ben might be interested to know that Light came from Suffolk and went to Woodbridge Grammar School. The cannon is the Seri Rambai which was presented by the Dutch and stolen by the English! According to a local belief, childless women can conceive by placing flowers in its barrel and offering special prayers. Now there's a fallacy, or should that be phallus see?
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Just caught up with all your doings. Wrote you an e-mail a few moments ago. Wondering now if you'll be home for Christmas or still sailing - whatever, I'm sure you'll have a lovely time.
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